Global child survival initiatives and their relevance to the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Victora, Cesar G ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Latin america; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144551948     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000800007     Document Type: Review

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